# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rick-james
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:45:55.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rick-james"
name: "Rick James"
slug: "rick-james"
description: "James Ambrose Johnson Jr., better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer."
tagline: "American singer, songwriter and record producer (1948-2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rick_James_in_Lifestyles_of_the_Rich_1984.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-02-01"
deathDate: "2004-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           75.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           26.04764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 554000
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RickJames"
    handle:    "RickJames"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/rickjames/"
    handle:    "rickjames"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rickjames.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/rickjames"
    handle:    "rickjames"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0416872/"
    handle:    "nm0416872"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0FrpdcVlJQqibaz5HfBUrL"
    handle:    "0FrpdcVlJQqibaz5HfBUrL"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtEhORxlvDIWLus1iOoIZ8Q"
    handle:    "@rickjames"
    followers: 554000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "ريك جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "ريك جيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "ریک جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "ریک جیمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A1"
    title: "ריק ג'יימס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%AB%D5%AF_%D5%8B%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B4%D5%BD"
    title: "Ռիկ Ջեյմս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9"
    title: "リック・ジェームス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AD_%EC%A0%9C%EC%9E%84%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "릭 제임스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rick_James"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cba9cec2-be8d-41bd-91b4-a1cd7de39b0c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q248207"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/167766"
    title: "Rick James"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump